Posted on 03/29/2005 8:58:34 AM PST by Long Cut
We, the Witness Protection Program For Freepers, aka the Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane, have through mutual discussion and rigourous thought, determined that:
1. The discussion threads regarding Terri Schiavo (hereafter referred to as "TS") have become too full of innuendo, rumormongering, hyperbole, hysteria, namecalling, paranoia, and general poor behavior to warrant participation.
2. Said threads have degenerated into "echo chambers", wherein the same, common thoughts are continually posted again and again, and the same old disreputable, unconfirmed and/or false urban myths are propagated.
3. Anyone who joins in said theads with alternative viewpoints to the most extreme posts are routinely driven away with slander, accusations, and vile namecalling.
4. No data or evidence contrary to the "prevailing opinions" are accepted, considered, or discussed; and in fact are rejected outright in most instances.
5. That the continued calls for armed insurrection, military or paramilitary involvement, impeachements of politicians and judges, and death threats are embarassing, stupid, shortsighted, doomed to failure, and contrary to most if not all conservative thought prior to this case, as well as damaging in the extreme to FR and the conservative movement as a whole.
6. That such emotional, hyperbolic, and propaganda-driven hysteria is in fact contrary to all conservatives USED to stand for.
7. That the holding up of swastika and other Nazi imagery towards the police and the Bushes, the use of children as political props, and the disruption of the peace at the Woodside Hospice can only reflect badly on conservatives in general, and should be discouraged.
8. That the pursuit of this issue to the exclusion of all others by the GOP has damaged, perhaps beyond repair, the pursuit of other important issues as well as the reputation of the GOP, FR, and conservatism.
The WPPFF is NOT of one mind as to the case of TS or its correct outcome. In fact, wide disagreement exists within our little group. However, we are united in our wish that reason and sanity be respected in the discussion, as well as the rights of all parties involved or participating. We wish to discuss this as adults and intellectuals, as conservatives and as FRiends, not as children screaming past each other on some playground of hysteria. We wish for facts and evidence to be provided, discussed reasonably, and considered fairly.
We reject all accusations of Naziism, "death cultism", or other slander as methods of debate. We reject the practice of "spamming" multiple threads, of posting unending vanities, and the posting of propaganda and calls for violence. We reject, in fact, all unseemly and childish behavior which has come to characterize this case on FR.
We DO invite others to come and reasonably discuss the issue. We have no problem with FReepers who wish to debate in a rational and fair manner, and with due respect for their fellow FReepers. We have NO problem with those whose views are formed by religion; however we reject "preaching" or "being beaten with a Bible" as legitemite debate tactics. Not all of us are Believers, and such tactics only cheapen the source.
If a FReeper finds this an acceptable meansd to discuss this and other issues, they are welcome to join in and participate. Those who find pleasure in attacks, flame-baiting, slander, stalking, and personal atacks will be ignored, and their egos will go unfed.
We assume this thread to be a zone of sanity in an overheated atmosphere. Thus, a general amnesty is in effect. If posters conduct themselves within the guidlines above, we will be happy to discuss and debate with you. If a poster wishes to apologize for past slips of the tongue, or for possible "over-the-top" statements to another, it will be graciously accepted, and your company welcome.
Please bring a sense of humor; we feel that too many have been taking themselves too seriously lately.
Let the discussion begin!
Signed,
The WPPFF, aka The Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane.
One side has ice the other side has hamburgers, steaks, roast beef, and deer meat! It's a two door deep freeze!
Does this have anything to do with Austin Nichols 101?
I originally thought it meant
"Wishing Psychiatric Pharmiceuticals For Fanatics" but I was wrong.
Party at BigSky's house!
A lot.
I am *dealing with it*, unlike oh so many others who clamor around in a backroom thread whining incessantly about the need for *protection* from the *insane*, *emotional* right to lifers here on FR.
Nevertheless, the message was recieved by its intended target (me), and puts the lie to the claim of wanting a civilized debate.
I claim that the reasoning behind supporting the starvation of Terri Schiavo is the same as the reasoning that supported the T-4 euthanasia program.
No one in this reasonable, civil, sane coalition of yours has even attempted to approach the idea with anything other than an ad hominem attack on me. This should prove to you that your idealistic notion of the folks who want to see Terri Schiavo dead is a fallacy.
Weather is nice for a change too!
Another charter member of the WPPFF signing in.
Let the flamers bump the thread, but don't feed egos already too fat.
You'll never convince the Terribots that she has been dead for 15 years. I stopped trying to talk to them two weeks ago.
Nevada here....Good mornin'!
Yeah, most of the TS threads have devolved into that. Just ask some of the people that have been labelled as 'Death Squad Memebers'.
Agree with us or your not a true conservatrive! Down with that pussy bitch Bush! < /shrill>
Proving the thesis of this thread.
Very good advice. Worthy of a bump.
LOL
If he fires up the grill, I'll cook!
If you've never said something that you wish you could take back the instant the words left your mouth, I congratulate you.
Rational discussion bump.
Opposing the starvation of a human being is inhuman?
If those who wish her dead had the courage of their convictions, they would put a bullet through her head or give a lethal injection. There is no difference between that and starving her, other than the many days she has been spending in a slow, agonizing death.
That, and indifference to that, is inhuman.
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